americans are inconsiderate, self-centered slobs...elaborate...

[dysfunctional press]

two things that tend to piss me off-
i went to the grocery store to buy some corn-on-the-cob...why do people think that it's ok to rip open the husks? it really bugs me to see some dullard just ripping at the cobs, throwing some back, keeping others(i honestly don't know what they're looking for- or what they find that they don't like in their "reject" pile). I never rip the corn open in the store, and i've never had a bad ear, either.

escalators in america- why do people treat them like some type of carnival ride..? it's a moving stairway it's entirely permissible to walk- and if you choose not to walk- please do as they do in the rest of actual civilizd world, and stand to the left, so people can walk up the left side.
it's no wonder there are so many fat-asses in this country, when people don't even have the initiative to climb a flight of stairs...or actually- half a flight of stairs, when you take into consideration the movement of the escalator.

[RagingInMiami]

1. I heard they are going to make escalators with seats on them

To allow people to sit down in between floors

[Arugula Latte]

2. Well, I agree with your general premise about Americans, but

the corn thing is kinda justified. Looking for tight rows of kernels, not dried out or missing, etc. That's just a way to judge which produce to pick; I don't think it's wrong. :shrug:

[dysfunctional press]

5. go to europe and try it...

it is wrong- is it ok to peel bananas to pick ones that aren't bruised inside?
when you buy a carton of strawberries- do you open the carton and take out the bad ones and replace them with fresh?
do you peel onions to make sure that they aren't bruised? how about artichokes?
i like mangoes- is it ok for me to peel them in the store to make sure that i'm not getting one with bruises on the inside?

[LibDemAlways]

10. My dad was in Germany on business many years ago.

He walked into the produce section of a market and picked up an apple. He saw that it had a hole in the side and started to put it down. The shopkeeper saw this, ran over, and personally escorted him to the register to pay for it. Apparently he learned quickly that things are done differently over there.

[dysfunctional press]

11. my wife has a similar story...

about an orange in france.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Well

Bananas -- You can usually tell from the outside. I just choose the ones without brown spots (I like them slightly green).

Strawberries -- I don't pick out the bad ones, but I do look through the plastic to make sure no moldy strawberries are visible.

Onions -- I just check them to see if there are any soft spots on them.

Mangoes -- Pretty much every mango I've ever purchased has been firm and unripe; I just wait for them to ripen.

Artichokes -- Dunno. I don't buy them frequently enough.

But with corn, you can't tell anything about it unless you pull back the husk.

[dysfunctional press]

13. that doesn't make it right.

i've never pulled the husks, and i've never had a bad ear of corn-
some americans think that it's ok- because they are self-centered inconsiderate slobs.

[Arugula Latte]

14. Jeez.

I've even heard produce people in supermarkets say it's fine with them if people taste a grape or two before buying. Many people smell the fish to make sure it's fresh. It's just a way to choose the product that's freshest. I don't think it's wrong. My gawd, with all the self-centered and inconsiderate actions taken by Americans (driving Hummers, for example), this is a silly one to fixate on.

[dysfunctional press]

15. i guess it's not just the repukes who are good at rationalizing...

their ill-mannered ways..:shrug:

[Arugula Latte]

23. So it's okay for corporations to pawn off faulty food at us, but

we can't try to pick the decent stuff? Yeah ... whatever. The consumer gets screwed again.

[dysfunctional press]

26. "corporations pawn off faulty food"...

ummm...if an ear of corn is bad- you really should be blaming mother nature.

and you know what- if by some odd chance you DID get a bad ear- if you bring it back to the store, they'll gladly exchange it.

i guess that for some people- it's easier to fuck with the grocer's bottom line, and in such- everyone's grocery prices, and then rationalize their ill-mannered behaviour, than it is to participate in a civil society.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

18. Well, tasting a grape affects profits less than pulling apart the corn.

Once some yahoo does that, the corn starts to go bad faster. I was a buyer for a produce department. It does affect the store when idiots do this. If the husk looks fresh, then the corn inside should be fine. Take a chance. Live a little. Buy the corn unseen. It'll be like the prize in a cracker jack box when you cook it.

[KitchenWitch]

3. As a person with a disability

I have difficulty with more than 1/2 a flight of stairs because of my lungs and heart. Be careful who you are painting with your broad brush.

I have no problem standing to the right so others who may chose to climb can.

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[LibDemAlways]

4. How's this for inconsiderate?

The other day I was picking my daughter up after school. I arrived early and parked where I always park - just behind a row of well-marked spaces reserved for the disabled. Every afternoon I watch several parents with disabled children use those spaces. Anyhow, I'm parked there, minding my own business, when a woman in a new lexus pulls up next to me and tells (not asks) me to "move back" so she can squeeze in front of me and block access to those spaces. I politely point out that "those spaces are needed for parents of disabled students and can't be blocked." She ignores me and pulls in anyway. When the mother of a disabled child pulls up a few minutes later and asks her to move, she refuses. The mother of the child who uses a walker then had no choice but to double park, blocking traffic, until her son appeared with his aide. Meantime the ignoramous in the Lexus didn't budge. It was horrible.

[dysfunctional press]

9. people who abuse the disabled parking spots...

should have their licenses revoked for life.

[ScreamingMeemie]

22. Now that is TRULY inconsiderate. What a rotten woman. Shucking corn?

Stupid to get twisted over... but that is just horrendous. How can people be that cruel? :(

[dysfunctional press]

27. unless you're in thegrocery business, with a razor-thin bottom line...

or happen to be a grocery store customer who ends up paying for other people's ill-mannered behaviour in the form of higher prices.

rationalizing inconsiderate behaviour- the REAL american past-time.

[ScreamingMeemie]

29. Sorry...This is new inconsiderate behaviour. Both have been that

way since I was a child. I'm 35, and, as I said before, I'll continue to teach my children (both well behaved, accomplished children) to do the same on an escalator... Lakeside mall actually has a sign on the bottom of their escalators telling people, for safety's sake, not to run or walk.

[dysfunctional press]

32. they do that because of lawsuit happy americans.

in london they have signs on most of the escalators that say "stand right walk left".
but even in the places in england (and most of europe) where they DON'T have the signs- people just do it naturally.

it's called a "society".

[ScreamingMeemie]

33. Sorry. Lame answers QA.

Very lame. And also, quite rude.


Now, before I lose my temper, which would be rude and inconsiderate...I'm going to put your hot little misguided head on ignore.

[dysfunctional press]

35. i'll take the word of the gocery-store produce buyer...

as to who the rude, inconsiderate shoppers are. :hi:

[BlueIris]

6. ...

[Duncan Grant]

7. How about subway etiquette?

There are two things you should never do on the subway:

1) Clip your fingernails
2) Eat a burrito

Other than that (and a few other minor quirks), Americans ain't so bad. :)

[KFC]

16. Some are,but Austrians are the rudest people I have encountered

Try skiing over there. Not only does their snow suck, but the asshole factor is off the scale.

[liontamer]

43. i have an austrian friend who says the same thing eom

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. Well.. Number 1, Our supermarkets provide trashcans for shucking

corn in the store. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't, depending on the amount of time I have available. And, on edit, they've always provided them...since their inception. I sure as hell don't want wormy corn,


Number 2, We were taught (in school even) as children NOT to run or walk up the escalator...that we'd get there in due time.

That said, I've got more important things to worry about in life, like the ass who slammed his cart into my car instead of putting it in the cart holder.

[dysfunctional press]

20. they've been forced to provide trashcans because of the rude morans...

please see post #21 from the grocery store produce buyer...

as for the escalators- i would think that most adults are up to the task of walking on an escalator.

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. I will shuck, thank you...and I will stand, again thank you. And I will

teach my children to not be pushy and stand as well. Honestly, who taught you manners?

And my ass isn't fat...thank you very much. I exercise regularly, just not on escalators which weren't meant for it.

[dysfunctional press]

25. well- at least you're honest about it being all about you...

like i said- it's not just repukes who excell at rationalizing their ill-mannered behaviour.

btw- who said anything about being "pushy"...? my manners in public are just fine- even when surrounded by inconsiderate dolts and lazy slobs that insist on taking up both sides of an escalator, and in selfishly tearing into produce- and as such the grocer's bottom line...

i don't have to wonder who taught you manners- i'll bet it was an american.

[ScreamingMeemie]

28. No, it is all about manners for me... Like not shoving the poor older

woman out of the way to get to the top of the escalator in such a goddamned hurry. The inconsiderate attitudes of the people who rush up the escalator as if their lives depended on it blows my mind. Your post, and it's complete lack of common sense and the reality of what constitutes bad behavior blows my mind. I'll take the raising I had at the hands of my strict, but caring parents anyday over what it is your serving. Manners? You? Ha.

Now, the post another DUer had about blocking off handicapped children? That's bad manners. Talking on a cell phone in a grocery store, library, doctor's office? That's bad manners. Cutting off merging traffic? Bad manners.

Escalators? yes!! Let's run right up them!!! That's excellent manners.

[dysfunctional press]

30. "shoving the poor older woman out of the way.."

"...to get to the top of the escalator in such a goddamned hurry"

who said anything about running and shoving...?

i was talking about "walking"

BIG difference...

think about it- maybe you'll figure it out.

americans are the best at rationalizing their own ill-mannered public behaviour.

but you take the cake...err..."shuck the corn."

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Ummm, no, as said before..we have ACTUAL SIGNS that state

not to walk or run on our escalators here in MI. I don't know about where you live, but they usually run right alongside a set of stairs...for you, the offended over what is actually supposed to happen. Seriously, I think you need to take up the real bad behavior in the world...instead of making it up as you go along.


and, I will, thanks...Just as my mother and her mother did before her (back in the forties...when the grocer had a trashcan there as well).

And, on edit, It is FAR better to find oneself superior to others in every thread they post in ala Titanic. I'll take real people thank you, instead of your put upon, high brow snobbery.

Tonight I watched "The Notebook" and found it rather good. I'm sure that makes you cringe. :eyes:

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[progmom]

37. because there are signs that say you shouldn't run up the escalator?

Where the hell do you get off?

Some Americans are rude. There are rude people all over. I've lived in the Netherlands....and as proud as I am of my Dutch heritage, I can also tell you that the Dutch are incapable of standing in line and will push you out of the way to get onto a bus or train. But you sure as hell won't catch me making rude sweeping statements about the moral character of all citizens of the country.

Not sure what your point was.

[KitchenWitch]

38. Hi progmom

See my post above yours.

[progmom]

39. just saw it!

:yourock:

[benny05]

19. Millennials are not

BB's maybe..

[liontamer]

24. in countries where you drive on the right, you should stand on the right

:)

[Ediacara]

40. A word about corn...

I work in produce. I know.

1) Most people haven't a clue WTF they're looking for. Some do, about 98% don't.

2) DO NOT peel back entire sepels (leaves). This hurries the drying of the kernals and hastens the problem that people are avoiding.

3) If there is mold on the silk, don't bother picking it up because it's likely the kernals are moldy too.

4) Seperate two sepels and peak between them. Basically like peaking through two slats of Venetian Blinds, rather than ripping the blinds off the wall.

5) You can actually feel the condition of the kernals near the end of the stalk of corn, and don't necisarily need to go through the sepels.

6) Many stores sell pre-shucked corn, no sepels, no silks. If it's that big of a deal, buy that stuff.

[BlueIris]

41. Hey, thanks a million DinoBoy. This is the most informational post ever.

:-)

[Random_Australian]

42. Seconded about the informative bit.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. A-fucking-men.

People, an escalator is for riding OR walking. Move out of the way when somebody actually wants to walk, dammit! They do it in every other country...Why the hell not here?

:grr: